---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
description: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2439"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2439 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "North Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Nesselbush", "Paolino", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807117c5-26a0-40d5-828f-5483024ceb6a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ce042fcc3ff8b63d5c2c985ba6f5841ecf2eb1a66da54cc0eb797e67ef748e14"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2439 (2018) — AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2439 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2439A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/22/2018)
- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/10/2018)
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807117c5-26a0-40d5-828f-5483024ceb6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).